The Xcode section of the Apple Developer Support Center actually tells you to do this (emphasis mine).
Yes, it looks like it should be safe to remove /Developer if you have already installed version 4.3 or later of Xcode. I just want to remove all traces of Xcode that are not needed by the latest version. This question is related, but I don't want to fully remove Xcode 4.
Why should I run this script instead of simply deleting /Developer through the Finder? If you want to ditch the /Developer directory, run this command rather than manually deleting it through the Finder. This command is basically a shortcut to the previously mentioned “/Developer/Library/uninstall-developer-folder” script. sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools -mode=xcodedir That being said, the following statement in the aforementioned guide puzzled me a bit. I have already installed Xcode 4.6 on my machine, so I should be able to remove /Developer and everything under it.
Is it safe to delete /Developer or is there some reason to keep it around?Ĭhris Rea's answer includes a link to a guide to uninstall Xcode, which seems to suggest that the contents of /Developer are only used by versions of Xcode prior to 4.3. I noticed that the /Developer folder is still on the hard drive even though none of its files appear to have been modified for nearly two years. My computer originally had Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) installed on it but has since been upgraded to OS X 10.7 (Lion).
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